Equinunk Creek
Encyclopedia
Equinunk Creek is a 15.4 miles (24.8 km) tributary
of the Delaware River
in Wayne County
, Pennsylvania
, in the United States
.
Equinunk Creek (Lenape
for "where cloth is distributed") joins the Delaware River at Equinunk
.
Tributary
A tributary or affluent is a stream or river that flows into a main stem river or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean...
of the Delaware River
Delaware River
The Delaware River is a major river on the Atlantic coast of the United States.A Dutch expedition led by Henry Hudson in 1609 first mapped the river. The river was christened the South River in the New Netherland colony that followed, in contrast to the North River, as the Hudson River was then...
in Wayne County
Wayne County, Pennsylvania
As of the census of 2000, there were 47,722 people, 18,350 households, and 12,936 families residing in the county. The population density was 65 people per square mile . There were 30,593 housing units at an average density of 42 per square mile...
, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...
, in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
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Equinunk Creek (Lenape
Lenape language
The Delaware languages, also known as the Lenape languages, are Munsee and Unami, two closely related languages of the Eastern Algonquian subgroup of the Algonquian language family...
for "where cloth is distributed") joins the Delaware River at Equinunk
Equinunk, Pennsylvania
Equinunk is a small, rural unincorporated community in Wayne County, Pennsylvania, United States.Despite it's small size, the area boasts two long running summer camps: Camp Equinunk, which was founded in 1920, and Camp Blue Ridge, which was founded in 1923. Equinunk is also home to the Joel Hill...
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